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Printable Schedule: SJCMS 2008 - 2009 Schedule (PDF)
Our 6 Subscription Concerts & Special Non-Subscription Concert: Leipzig String Quartet:
Sep. 28, 2008
ESCHER STRING QUARTET
Nov. 8, 2008
LES PALADINS
Nov. 30, 2008
AFIARA STRING QUARTET & Pianist Stephen Prutsman
Jan. 18, 2009
POULENC TRIO
Feb. 22, 2009
TRIO CON BRIO COPENHAGEN
Mar. 6, 2009
LEIPZIG STRING QUARTET (non-subscription concert)
Apr. 19, 2009
DAEDALUS QUARTET & Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein
Concerts are held Sunday evenings at 7 p.m. at the historic Le Petit Trianon Theatre, 72 N. Fifth Street in downtown San Jose, 1/2 block north of E. Santa Clara Street. Each evening begins with a pre-concert talk at 6:15 p.m.
September 28, 2008 - ESCHER STRING QUARTET
Andrew Janss, cello; Adam Barnett-Hart & Wu Jie, violins; Pierre Lapointe, viola
Program:
MOZART Quartet in G Major, K.387; ZEMLINSKY Quartet #4, Op. 25 (1936); SHOSTAKOVICH Quartet #7 in F# Minor, Op.108; BEETHOVEN Quartet in C Major, Op.59, #3.
Pre-concert talk:
Bill Meredith
Formed in 2005, the Escher String Quartet is admired for their individual sound, inspired artistic decisions and unique cohesiveness. The Escher has served as quartet-in-residence for The Young Artists Programme at Canada’s National Arts Centre and at The Perlman Chamber Music Program on Shelter Island, New York, is now in a two-year residency at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center’s Chamber Music Two program, and is String Quartet-in-Residence at the Caramoor festival. The Quartet is also Visiting Artist-in-Residence at Stony Brook University working with the Emerson String Quartet. The Escher has twice been resident ensemble at Music@Menlo.
"...ripe tonal balances with intensity... a big, colorful ensemble sound." (Joshua Kosman, S.F. Chronicle)
www.kirshdem.com
November 8, 2008 - LES PALADINS
Jérôme Correas, Director & harpsichord; Isabelle Poulenard, soprano; Jean-Francois Lombard, tenor; with flute, two violins, basson, cello theorbo
Program: ‘The King’s Mistress’: baroque music written for, sung by or favored by Madame de Pompadour - by MOURET, RAMEAU, MONDONVILLE, LULLY, DESTOUCHES, FRANCOEUR, REBEL.
Pre-concert talk: TBD Madame de Pompadour (pictured above), favorite of King Louis XV of France, transformed a hall of Versailles into a theatre where she loved to entertain the court, performing songs written for her by the most popular composers of the day, such as Rameau, as well as ‘older’ music (by Lully for one). She was a true artist with a high, virtuosic voice, and was a fine actress. The King built Le Petit Trianon for her at Versailles, 1763-68. Jérôme Correas founded Les Paladins ensemble in 1997 to recreate such experiences as this program, which they performed at Versailles, and to revive neglected and great French and Italian baroque repertoire. In 2002 and 2006 Correas sang for us Fauré’s song cycle La bonne chanson.
November 30, 2008 - AFIARA STRING QUARTET & Pianist STEPHEN PRUTSMAN
David Samuel, viola; Valerie Li, violin; Adrian Fung, cello; Yuri Cho, violin
Program: HAYDN ‘Erdödy’ Quartet in D Major, Op.76 #5; Aleksandra VREBALOV
Pannonia Boundless; BEETHOVEN Quartet in F Minor, Op.95 ‘Serioso’; DVORAK
Piano Quintet in A Major, Op.81.
Pre-concert talk: Roger Emanuels Afiara String Quartet, all Canadians, has won prominence from their many acclaimed concerts (including Carnegie Hall) and their residency with the Alexander Quartet as Morrison Fellows at the International Center for the Arts at San Francisco State University. “Startling intensity” and a “powerful, keen-edged collective sound” (S.F. Classical Voice). Virtuoso pianist, composer and arranger Stephen Prutsman moves easily from classical to jazz to world music. In the early ‘90’s he was a medal winner at the Tchaikovsky and Queen Elizabeth piano competitions and received an Avery Fisher Career Grant. In 2004, he was appointed Artistic Partner with the Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra, where he acts as composer, arranger, conductor, program host and pianist.
www.afiara.com; www.stephenprutsman.com
January 18, 2009 - POULENC TRIOIrina Lande, piano; Vladimir Lande, oboe; Bryan Young, basson
Program: HANDEL Trio Sonata in F Major, #24; RIMSKY-KORSAKOV Dance of the Tumblers (Skomorokhi); GLINKA Trio Pathétique in D Minor; POULENC Trio; ROSSINI Fantaisie Concertante on “L’Italiana in Algieri”; FRANÇAIX Trio; PREVIN Trio: “Jaunty” mvt.
Pre-concert talk: TBD Top wind ensemble Poulenc Trio combines 21st C. vibrancy with the best of European tradition. Bassoonist Bryan Young is Principal with the Baltimore Symphony; Oboist Vladimir Lande is Principal with the Baltimore Opera, and former Principal of the St. Petersburg (Russia) Philharmonic; and Pianist Irina Lande, a St. Petersburg Conservatory graduate, won the Montpelier Recital Competition.
"(They) played with spirit and grace; brought the near-capacity crowd in the PAC's Williams Theatre to its feet!" (Tulsa World)
"new and delicious sounds; three virtuosi in complete command of their instruments" (Oakwood Register, Dayton, Ohio)
www.poulenctrio.com
February 22, 2009 - TRIO CON BRIO COMPENHAGEN
Soo-Kyung Hong, cello; Soo-Jin Hong, violin; Jens Elvekjaer, piano
Program: HAYDN Trio in C Major, Hob.XV:27; MENDELSSOHN Trio in C Minor, Op.66; SMETANA Trio in G Minor, Op.15.
Pre-concert talk: Roger Emanuels Trio con Brio Copenhagen’s breath-taking playing has won standing ovations at their Bay Area concerts - and across the world. Since winning the 1999 ARD-competition in Munich, the Trio has risen rapidly to international acclaim. Critics praise their “sparkling joy of life”, “magic dialogue” and their virtuoso technique which won them the 2006 Kalichstein-Laredo-Robinson International Trio Award, and, in 2003, First Prize at Vittorio Gui (Italy), at the Trondheim Competition (Norway), and at Festspiele Mecklenburg- Vorpommern (Germany). The Trio’s Korean sisters play an Andrea Guarneri violin and an Amati cello, and the pianist is the first Danish Steinway Artist.
"One of the greatest performances of chamber music I’ve ever encountered... (outstanding) range of tone and sound." (American Record Guide)"It's easy to see what so impressed the judges... airtight ensemble... a superb, greatly gifted chamber group." (Gramaphone Magazine)
"They cast a spell over the (Mozarteum) audience. So alive, so musical, ravishing." (Drehpunkt Kultur, Salzburg)
www.trioconbrio.dk
March 9, 2009 - LEIPZIG STRING QUARTET (non-subscription concert)
Ivo Bauer, viola; Tilman Buning & Stefan Arzberger, violins; Matthias Moosdorf, cello
Program: MENDELSSOHN Quartet in A Major, Op.13 “Ist es wahr?” (“Is it true?”); ISAAC Sequentia (from Choralis Constantinus, 1508); BEETHOVEN Quartet in A Minor, Op.132.
Pre-concert talk: Bill Meredith Founded in 1988 and now celebrating 20 years together, the Leipzig String Quartet has since risen to top rank of world-touring quartets, concertizing extensively on all continents. In 1991 they won the International Munich ARD competition, and started their own concert series at the Leipzig Gewandhaus. Their over 60 recordings, which span from Mozart to Cage, repeatedly win the Quarterly Prize of the German Record Reviewers, and have won three “Echo” awards. The Quartet includes three former section leaders of the Leipzig Gewandhaus Orchestra.
“(The) Leipzig sound (is) dark, warm, full-bodied string tone; (art with) urbanity and a sense of elegance; playing consistently defined by its loveliness.” (Anne Midgette, New York Times)“‘Sovereign in Rarefied Air’: The Leipzig String Quartet has completed its Beethoven Quartet cycle, and with it set new standards.” (Johannes Saltzwedel, Kulturspiegel, Der Spiegel)
April 19, 2009 - DAEDALUS QUARTET & Clarinetist ALEXANDER FITERSTEIN
Ivo Bauer, viola; Tilman Buning & Andreas Seidel, violins; Matthias Moosdorf, cello
Program: HAYDN Quartet in A Major, Hob.XII:3, Op.20 #6 “Sun”; Elliott CARTER Quartet #5; BRAHMS Clarinet Quintet in B Minor, Op.115.
Pre-concert talk: TBD Just a year after its founding in 2000, the Daedalus Quartet captured the Grand Prize of the 2001 Banff Intl. String Quartet Competition. They have been resident at Caramoor Festival, were awarded the prestigious Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Two residency for 2005-2007, and selected by Carnegie Hall to participate in the ECHO (European Concert Hall Organization) Rising Stars program, which debuted them in major European concert halls. "Stylistic awareness, technical polish and sheer musicality” (Toronto Star); “standout playing” (Edmonton Journal).
Clarinetist Alexander Fiterstein played for us Nov. 2006 as Musicians from Marlboro member, was member of the prestigious Chamber Music Society Two of Lincoln Center, and won First Prize in both the Carl Nielsen Intl. Clarinet Competition (Denmark) and the Young Concert Artists Intl. Auditions. “Fiterstein played with a beautiful liquid clarity; a warm tone and a powerful technique” (New York Times)
